Posted 07/16/08 at 11:41:24 AM by Paul Lilly
Flip someone the bird and they'll know just what you're telling them. But wave your hand in front of your monitor all you want, and no matter how many times you've watched Obi-Wan use the Force, you're just not going to manipulate your PC. At least not yet.
Toshiba's Qosmio G55-Q802 looks to the change the way you interact with your PC by reading hand signals. Make a fist and move it around to control the mouse pointer, or flip your thumb up like Fonzie to select an object. Force-push won't work, but raising an open palm will tell the system to stop or resume video playback, giving you hands-free media control.
Built around the Centrino 2 platform, an Intel processor performs most of the tasks on the G55, but to read hand signals the laptop will use a quad-core HD processor powered by the same Cell processor found in Playstation 3 consoles. The Cell also lets the PC scan videos and index every new face it finds.
Between hand gestures controls and gadgets like OCZ's Neural Impulse Actuator, will anyone be using a mouse 5 years from now?
Image Credit: LaptopMag.com
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Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/one4yu2c
[2] http://www.popsci.com/gear-gadgets/article/2008-06/computer-reads-hand-signals
[3] http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-the-qosmio-g55
[4] http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/ocz_peripherals/nia-neural_impulse_actuator
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/das_keyboard_attacks_high_end_keyboard_market_with_two_new_models
[6] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/dualtouchscreen_notebooks_might_come_out_2010
[7] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/[primary-term]/toshibas_qosmio_notebooks_with_cellbased_chip_debut_japan
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